Hi

I'm writing to just get a breakdown of any treatment available for this condition.
Reason I'm asking is for my father who has been suffering from quite bad aching lately.
Problem is, he lives in Sri Lanka and is complaining about the lack of knowledge on this type of arthritis and wants some information about the best 'prescribable' treatments.

If anyone could give me some info on this I'd really appreciate it and so would my father.

I take the drugs listed below. Both are available in generic form.

Plaquenil 200 mg twice a day
Relafen 1,000 mg. once a day

Cheri.

Sacred, ask his Dr. if he has any clinical trials going on with RA. If not, call around. Someone should have one going on. Before I was in one, I was taking Plaquenil, prednisone, amitryptilyn, sulfasalesene, cyclobenzaprine. You name it, I've tried it. I seem to have it worse than most people on here because I was practically bedridden with it. I hurt all over my body 24/7. At one time I was taking oxycontins, lortabs, and I still had to go to the ER and get shots, one of which was morphine. I have a high pain tolerance, but my pain was unbearable! I had to have help to move from the bedroom to the bathroom! The only thing that I took consistently that helped the pain was prednisone. You cant be on it forever tho, so when he took me off, I was in the same situation. Thats when he got me into this clinical trial. :) Now I can do most anything with pain in my hands and knees. I still take pain pills but I can live with this!

Hi,

You can read parts of my thread - Arthritis in hands and elsewhere, and it tells what types of meds that I take. They do help somewhat. But, if I miss one dose, by 1 hour, I will hurt really bad for at least 4 - 6 hours later. It takes a lot time to catch up. I do not know of any trials or anything.

Good luck finding something that will work for your dad.

Wannabe